Death and Taxes (Orzhov Extort)

Standard* WB (Orzhov)

Hasdiel

Creature (16)

• 2x Crypt Ghast
• 1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
• 3x Obzedat, Ghost Council
• 2x Pontiff of Blight
• 4x Thrull Parasite
• 4x Tithe Drinker

Land (25)

• 4x Godless Shrine
• 4x Isolated Chapel
• 4x Orzhov Guildgate
• 5x Plains
• 8x Swamp

Enchantment (8)

• 2x Blind Obedience
• 3x Oblivion Ring
• 3x Underworld Connections

Instant (9)

• 3x Murder
• 3x Tragic Slip
• 3x Ultimate Price

Sorcery (2)

• 2x Lingering Souls

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Sideboard

Creature (4)

• 1x Dark Impostor
• 1x High Priest of Penance
• 1x Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts
• 1x Vizkopa Guildmage

Land (1)

• 1x Vault of the Archangel

Enchantment (5)

• 1x Exquisite Blood
• 1x Gift of Orzhova
• 3x Nevermore

Sorcery (5)

• 2x Merciless Eviction
• 2x Mutilate
• 1x Sever the Bloodline

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I wanted build an actual Orzhov style deck that actually made use of the Extort effect. I gave it some thought and my idea basically came down to cheap extort creatures and cheap removal to extort with.

This deck is very much in its infancy, but here is the break down. The main stars from play testing are Thrull Parasite , Tithe Drinker , and Blind Obedience. They hit the field fast and give me some quick and early extorts. Besides extorting off of casting them, Tragic Slip and Ultimate Price make really good extort fodder as well as clearing out key threats early on. Underworld Connections gives me some hand advantage and I often end up earning more life back from extort than I spend on using it.

Late game my main finishers are either Obzedat, Ghost Council or Pontiff of Blight. Obzedat, Ghost Council tends to be my most used method to finish out a match, always exiling him on the end phase to protect him from sorcery or enchant based removal on top of his 2 life gain and 2 life loss effect going off. Pontiff of Blight tends to acquire a lot of removal hate, so I don't often get to use him to full effect, but he combos very well with Crypt Ghast. Mikaeus, the Lunarch is mostly just another possible win condition that I'm testing since he does combo well with Crypt Ghast and so far testing has shown him to work well with buffing my cheapo creatures.

I'm not the strongest deck builder out there, but I love trying out different things and trying to come with something on my own. With that said I would love to have some feedback and what everyone thinks. The sideboard is filled with a bunch of maybes and really needs a lot of work,and I feel like the main deck could use some further refinement as well. Thanks for your time!

Date added	11 years
Last updated	11 years
Legality	This deck is not Standard legal.
Rarity (main - side)	3 - 0 Mythic Rares 18 - 12 Rares 12 - 2 Uncommons 14 - 1 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.69
Tokens	Spirit 1/1 W, Spirit 1/1 WB